What is CVE-2020-5748?

CVE-2020-5748 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tecnick Tcexam, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-5748?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-5748 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Tecnick Tcexam

CVE-2020-5748

Insufficient output sanitization in TCExam 14.2.2 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to conduct persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the self-registration feature.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (63.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Tecnick Tcexam — versions 14.2.2
N/a Tcexam — versions 14.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5748?: CVE-2020-5748 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tecnick Tcexam, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-5748?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-5748 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.